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in-residence treatment and education for emotion-
ally disturbed boys referred from the school sys-
tems of Prince George's, Calvert, Charles, and St.
Mary's counties.
MONTROSE SCHOOL
Leonard F. Gmeiner, Superintendent
13700 Hanover Road
Reisterstown 21136 Telephone: 833-1500
This School, established as the Female House
of Refuge by Chapter 156, Acts of 1886, became
the property of the State by Chapter 303, Acts of
1918. When the School was moved from Balti-
more to its present site in 1922, it adopted its
present name by Chapter 215, Acts of 1922. The
Barrett School for Girls merged with the Mont-
rose School for Girls by Chapter 37, Acts of
1962. The School became coeducational in 1973
and now provides services for both delinquent
girls and boys.
THOMAS J. S. WAXTER CHILDREN'S
CENTER
James Mizelle, Superintendent
375 Red Clay Road, S.W.
Laurel 20810 Telephone: 247-0011
Opened in November 1963, the Thomas J.S.
Waxter Children's Center was initially known as
the Southern Maryland Children's Center. It was
authorized by Chapter 38, Acts of 1962, and re-
ceived its present name by Chapter 131, Acts of
1963.
JUVENILE SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION YOUTH
CENTERS
Robert G. Wolford, Superintendent
Headquarters
326-328 Queen City Drive
Cumberland 21502 Telephone: 777-2162
The Juvenile Services Administration operates
four Youth Centers for boys. These centers were
created by Chapter 370, Acts of 1955. The Cen-
ters are combined into a single administrative
unit with one budget and one central business
management unit located in Cumberland. These
Centers serve older boys received on transfer
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from the Maryland Training School for Boys and
the Montrose School. Boys selected for transfer
must be at least 15-1/2 years of age, in good
physical health, and interested in an active out-
door work and living experience. The present
names for the Youth Centers (formerly known as
Boys Forestry Camps) were approved by the
Board of Public Works on September 20, 1977.
ALFRED D. NOYES CHILDREN'S
CENTER
Harry Langmead, Administrator
9925 Blackwell Road
Rockville 20850 Telephone: 762-7800
The Alfred D. Noyes Children's Center was
established by Chapter 101, sec. 8, Acts of 1970,
and by Chapter 179, sec. 8, Acts of 1972, as
modified in the General Construction Loan Act
of 1974.
Opened in September 1977, the Noyes Center
is a regional detention center that provides ser-
vices for a capacity of thirty youths, male and fe-
male, from Montgomery and the Western Mary-
land counties. The facility offers secure temporary
care for youths who are alleged to be or have
been adjudicated delinquent.
BACKBONE MOUNTAIN YOUTH
CENTER
Francis P. Scarcelli, Supervisor
Swanton 21561 Telephone: 359-9190
The 1963 General Assembly appropriated
funds to establish a temporary youth center at
Victor Cullen State Hospital (now Victor Cullen
Center under the director of the Mental Retarda-
tion Administration). This was an immediate way
to help relieve the overcrowding of juvenile insti-
tutions, since no construction was necessary. It
opened on April 1, 1964. The General Assembly
appropriated funds to establish a permanent cen-
ter at Backbone Mountain in Garrett County
with facilities for thirty-five boys (Chapter 159,
Acts of 1964). This Youth Center opened on May
23, 1966, at which time the staff and boys were
transferred from the temporary center at Victor
Cullen to the permanent center at Backbone
Mountain, approximately eight miles from West-
ernport on Route 135.
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